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Hemophilia is a disease that causes uncontrollable bleeding. If a father has it, all of his daughters will be carriers of the disease, and about half of his sons will have the disease. An error in which macromolecule is the cause of hemophilia?

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The correct answer would be nucleic acid or DNA.

It is an X-linked recessive disorder which is caused by a mutation in the gene present on X chromosome.

This mutated allele produced non-functional protein (clotting factor) due to which blood does not clot efficiently.

Consequently, the blood flows for longer time than normal.

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